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Rochdale strolled to a comfortable League One victory against a Gillingham side forced to play out the second half with 10 men.

The Gills lost striker Tom Eaves to a red card - for his second booking - just before the break for an elbow on Joe Rafferty and by that stage they were already two goals down.

The breakthrough arrived when Joe Bunney went past three opponents, and while his low drive was saved by Tomas Holy, the goalkeeper only succeeded in parrying the ball to Ian Henderson who tapped home.

Just two minutes later Rafferty headed into an empty net to double the lead after Holy spilled Steven Davies' free-kick.

Gillingham's afternoon went from bad to worse when Eaves was dismissed for an elbow on Rafferty, right under the nose of referee Eddie Ilderton.

Henderson saw an 86th-minute penalty saved by Holy before substitute Matt Done added a third for Dale in stoppage-time, racing through unmarked and slipping home a neat finish.

Match report supplied by Press Association